Health care makes up about 28 % of the federal spending in the US. [See this.][1] In Denmark, a country which, unlike the US, offers universal health care, which ought to be more expensive for the government, only spends about 16 % of its total expenditures on health care services [See this:][2] (Danish page, use google translate).

Or see the picture below. The green one is health services, the big orange one is social services.

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This seems counter-intuitive. What is the reason for this? Why is health care so much more expensive for the government to offer in the USA, or why is it so much cheaper in Denmark, when the service seems more extensive in Denmark compared to the US? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_States_federal_budget [2]: https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyt/NytHtml?cid=20049 [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/BUVFY.png

Health care makes up about 28 % of the federal spending in the US. See this. In Denmark, a country which, unlike the US, offers universal health care, which ought to be more expensive for the government, only spends about 16 % of its total expenditures on health care services See this: (Danish page, use google translate).

Or see the picture below. The green one is health services, the big orange one is social services.

This seems counter-intuitive. What is the reason for this? Why is health care so much more expensive for the government to offer in the USA, or why is it so much cheaper in Denmark, when the service seems more extensive in Denmark compared to the US?